---
layout: single
property_name: background-repeat
---

<section id="background-repeat" class="property">
  <header class="property-header">
    <nav class="property-links">
        <a class="property-collection" href="{{site.url}}/backgrounds/">
          In collection: <strong>backgrounds</strong>
        </a>
      <a class="property-links-direct" href="{{site.url}}/property/background-repeat/" data-property-name="background-repeat" data-tooltip="Single page for this property">Permalink</a>
      <a class="property-share" data-tooltip="Share on Twitter or Facebook" data-property-name="background-repeat">Share</a>
      <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/CSS/background-repeat" data-tooltip="See on Mozilla Developer Network" rel="external">MDN</a>
    </nav>
    <h2 class="property-name">
      <a href="#background-repeat"><span>#</span>background-repeat</a>
    </h2>
    <div class="property-description">
      <p>Defines how the background image repeats itself across the element&#39;s background, starting from the background position.</p>

    </div>

  </header>

    <style type="text/css">.background-repeat { background-image: url(/images/jt.png);background-size: 64px 64px;height: 150px; }</style>




    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">
            <code class="example-default" data-tooltip="This is the property's default value">default</code>


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-repeat: repeat;">background-repeat: repeat;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The background image will repeat itself both <strong>horizontally</strong> and <strong>vertically</strong>.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-repeat " id="background-repeat-repeat">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-repeat-repeat{ background-repeat:repeat;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-repeat: repeat-x;">background-repeat: repeat-x;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The background image will only repeat itself <strong>horizontally</strong>.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-repeat " id="background-repeat-repeat-x">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-repeat-repeat-x{ background-repeat:repeat-x;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-repeat: repeat-y;">background-repeat: repeat-y;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The background image will only repeat itself <strong>vertically</strong>.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-repeat " id="background-repeat-repeat-y">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-repeat-repeat-y{ background-repeat:repeat-y;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="background-repeat: no-repeat;">background-repeat: no-repeat;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The background image will only appear <strong>once</strong>.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div background-repeat " id="background-repeat-no-repeat">Hello world</div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#background-repeat-no-repeat{ background-repeat:no-repeat;}</style>
    </section>

</section>
